The Architecture of Repair
On institutional trust, procedural dignity, and the design of restorative processes in public life.
Scholarship
Recent work on law, trust, and the ethics of repair.
Hartwell’s writing explores how legal institutions can treat conflict not as a threat to order, but as an opportunity to rebuild trust and strengthen democratic practice.
Mediation in the Public Square
A study of how democratic institutions can foster durable conflict resolution without abandoning principle.
Listening as a Legal Practice
An argument for hearing as a central, underappreciated feature of equitable conflict work.